September 12, 2024 · 1 minutes to read
The first starting day of the Main Event is now over, with 15 of the 40 players who entered progressing to Day 2. The Day 1a chip leader is Jesper Lucas from Netherlands, who bagged just under 200,000 chips.
Lying in second place with 169,100 ids Milan Ljubisic from Germany, who has a habit of bagging the second largest stack, as he also made it through to Day 2 of The Hendon Mob Championship after finishing in the same spot from his starting day.
Neil Rawnsley, who busted six players in the opening few levels finished in 4th place with 139,900. He had won four seats online into this via Grosvenor Poker, but only needed one to book his passage into Day 2.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jesper Lucas | Netherlands | 199,000 |
| 2nd | Milan Ljubisic | Germany | 169,100 |
| 3rd | Vadim Guk | Estonia | 153,200 |
| 4th | Neil Rawnsley | England | 139,900 |
| 5th | Rolands Norietis | Lithuania | 108,000 |
| 6th | Christos Baltadoros | Greece | 64,700 |
| 7th | Takumi Nobuhara | Japan | 57,700 |
| 8th | Jukka Karvinen | Finland | 52,400 |
| 9th | Roberts Krigers | Latvia | 51,200 |
| 10th | Wietse Hasper | Netherlands | 49,100 |
| 11th | Miroslaw Pawlowski | Poland | 43,000 |
| 12th | Fedor Stadtrucker | Slovakia | 38,200 |
| 13th | Tomasz Wrobel | Poland | 33,200 |
| 14th | Karli Kiin | Estonia | 28,200 |
| 15th | Filip Dielis | Belgium | 21,100 |
